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Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night. – George Eliot

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There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. – George Eliot

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What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life — to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories. – George Eliot

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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see. – Robert Frost

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Some people never head a procession until theyre dead. – Source Unknown

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